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DARIUS C. BROWN, OF LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS. I Letters Pate-nt No. 72,967,dated January 7, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN' HARNESS FOR LOOMS.

T0 ALL WI-IOM IT -MAYCONCERN: f

Be it known that I, DARIUS C. BROWN, of Lowell, Middlesex county,Massaehusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in the Hangingof Heddles for Looms; and I do hereby` declare that the following is afull, uclear,- and exact description thereof, which will enable othersskilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

This invention relates to the hanging of the heddles in and to theirframe; and it consists in hanging the series of heddles at one end,which I prefer should be the upper, upon a'eommon rod or bar of theheddle-fram, but at their opposite or lower end, alternately, and inregular order, upon Atwo bars or rods secured in and to the fra-nie, inplanes parallel to and a short distance from eachother, whereby, intliesarne width of heddle-frames, not only more heddles car be hung thanwlxenvhung in the ordinary manner-an advantage of much importance--butinsures the perfect drawing oli` of the heddles `hy the drawer oroperator, to form the lease. In the accompanying plate of drawings myimprovement in heddles for looms is illustrated- Figure 1 being a frontview of a heddle-frame, having its heddles hung in it aceordingto thepresent invention, and l i Figure 2 a transverse vertical section takenin the plane of the line x x, tig. 1.

Similar letters'oi` reference indicate corresponding parts. Y

.A, in the drawings, represents the heddleframe, and B its heddles, thenumber'oi` which may be more' or less, as may be desired. These heddles,B, .are hung at their upper ends -to a common rod or bar, C,"seeured inthe upper end of the heddle-'rame, butat their lower ends arealternately hung, in regular' order and succession, to and upon twoparallel bars D, secured in such end of the heddle-fralne; these barsbeing placedat a short distance from each other, and the one back f theother. l

By hanging the h'eddles in the manner above explained, it is plainlyobvious that a great amount of space or room is given to theheddle-eyes, thus enabling a. larger number of them to'be used than bythe old method of hanging, and that, furthermore, the perfect-drawing ofthe heddles for forming the lease is insured, as, if a wrong heddle istaken in hand by the drawer, it is stopped by the one before it, owingto its being hung upoua.v

different bar or rod at its lower end.

I claim nsnew, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- Hanging theheddles in their frame at one end to a common har, but at theiroppositeends to two or more bars, substantially as and for the purposedescribed.

D. C. BROWN.

Witnesses:

Wu. F. McNAMARA, ALBERT W. BROWN.

